The Power of Re-Reading
[caption id="attachment_2065" align="alignleft" width="200"] The book I'm re-reading right now.[/caption] As a kid I re-read books fairly often, but eventually I grew to hate re-reading books. I have a pretty good memory so if I've read it in the last couple of years, I'll only find surprises if it's a really well written book. Besides, there are so many amazing books I haven't read, and more being published every day. I'll admit, I have a more personal reason: some of the books I loved most as a child seemed awful when I re-read them. The characters were flat or I had simply changed too much to like them. For the first time, I noticed pacing issues and once in a while even realized the story wasn't all that interesting. If…